POLICE AND PRISONS.
Sir,—Now that a commissioner has been appointed from the police force, an inspector should-bo taken from the prison service. There are several capable officers who could fill the bill with credit if given the opportunity. Since the retirement of Colonel Hume, the position, has been vested in a "Trinity, none of which hfes any idea of practical work or methods, and consequently matters are far from isatisfactory, and will continue to remain in this undesirable, state, till a levelheaded man who knows the game takes charge. Sir J: Findlay talked a lot about prison reform, and created a good billet or two for friends on the strength of it, but nothing has been dono so far, and he is now a back number. The appointment of a gaoler, as inspector, and the removal of all present incompetents would give general satisfaction, and would remove the existing feeling of doubt in prison circles, as to who really occupies the position—Secretary, Doctor, or Parson. —I am, etc., P.K.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1410, 10 April 1912, Page 6
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169POLICE AND PRISONS. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1410, 10 April 1912, Page 6
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